Jamaica Track & Field News & Updates

The Jamaica National Senior Championships, a four day event to help select Jamaica’s track & field team to the 2012 London Olympics, kicks off today at the National Stadium. Nearly 400 athletes will be competing for approximately 60 spots for the athletics team to London. Undoubtedly, the expected highlight of the trials will be the 100m mens showdown between Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Asafa Powell on Friday night (June 29).

Just yesterday, former Calabar High School student Andrew Riley became the first male athlete in NCAA history to win the 100m and 110m hurdles titles in the same year. Riley is a senior at University of Illinois, and at the NCAA Outdoor Championships yesterday, he clocked a time of 13.53 seconds to win the 110m hurdles title. This follows his victory last Saturday (June 2), when he won the 100m title with a personal best time of 10.19 seconds.

Riley’s latest victory marks his fourth career NCAA title, which ties him for the most ever in program history.

Several Jamaicans competed earlier today in various events at the latest Diamond League event in New York, USA. The highlight of the day was reigning world champion Yohan Blake and 2008 Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning their respective 100m races. Below we’ve featured detailed results of events in which Jamaicans participated at the 2012 adidas Grand Prix (New York Diamond League) yesterday.